Across their first two albums - 2018’s Wednesday and their 2022 Partisan debut Heart Under - the band “rode a wave of noise to the front of the shoegaze pack, breaking from the distorted yearning of the genre’s softer acolytes” (Pitchfork). While Just Mustard’s signature elements are still intact on WE WERE JUST HERE—warped guitars, twisted sound design and cavernous low ends—this time, it’s all been channeled into a warmer and more anthemic path. Whereas Heart Under explored themes of grief and longing, the songs here draw from a wide spectrum of emotion and feeling, with characters searching for ecstasy, holding onto love, and grasping for the rush of feeling alive.
